1894 - 1961
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books. Thurber was one of the most popular humorists of his time and celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thurber has received more than 1,111,204 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). James Thurber is the 3,790th most popular writer (down from 3,256th in 2019), the 5,072nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,275th in 2019) and the 425th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, James Thurber ranks 3,790 out of 5,755. Before him are Gudrun Pausewang, Lydia Becker, Maurice Schumann, Žemaitė, Iraj Mirza, and Hervé Le Tellier. After him are Masuji Ibuse, Mihailo Lalić, Dominique Fernandez, Kočo Racin, Saul Alinsky, and Maxwell Anderson.
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 3,784
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 3,785
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 3,786
1845 - 1921
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 3,787
1874 - 1926
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 3,788
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 3,789
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,790
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,791
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,792
1929 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,793
1908 - 1943
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,794
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,795
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 3,796
Among people born in 1894, James Thurber ranks 159. Before him are Alexander P. de Seversky, Goro Yamada, Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Giuseppe Tucci, Willem Schermerhorn, and Viorica Ursuleac. After him are Robert Menzies, Walter Piston, Oskar Maria Graf, José Bustamante y Rivero, Esfir Shub, and Henryk Sławik. Among people deceased in 1961, James Thurber ranks 103. Before him are Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Beppo Levi, Sergio Osmeña, Joseph M. Schenck, and Charles D. B. King. After him are Percy Grainger, Walter Bedell Smith, Olav Bjaaland, Scott LaFaro, Alberto Chividini, and Paul W. Merrill.
1894 - 1974
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 153
1894 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 154
1894 - 1982
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 155
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 156
1894 - 1977
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 157
1894 - 1985
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 158
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 159
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 160
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 161
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 162
1894 - 1989
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 163
1894 - 1959
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 164
1894 - 1944
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 165
1878 - 1961
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 97
1885 - 1961
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 98
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 99
1878 - 1961
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 100
1876 - 1961
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 101
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 102
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 103
1882 - 1961
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 104
1895 - 1961
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 105
1873 - 1961
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 106
1936 - 1961
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 107
1907 - 1961
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 108
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 109
Among people born in United States, James Thurber ranks 5,072 out of 18,182. Before him are Mike Bloomfield (1943), Brie Larson (1989), Eric S. Raymond (1957), William Smith (1933), Patti Scialfa (1953), and Nate Dogg (1969). After him are Jim Walton (1948), Saul Alinsky (1909), Bob Gale (1951), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Richard M. Karp (1935), and Ethel Merman (1908).
1943 - 1981
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,066
1989 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,067
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,068
1933 - 2021
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,069
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,070
1969 - 2011
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 5,071
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,072
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,073
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 5,074
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,075
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,076
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,077
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 5,078
Among writers born in United States, James Thurber ranks 425. Before him are David Baldacci (1960), Sandra Brown (1948), David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), C. J. Cherryh (1942), and V. C. Andrews (1923). After him are Saul Alinsky (1909), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), and Aaron Sorkin (1961).
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 419
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 420
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 421
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 422
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 423
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 424
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 425
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 426
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 427
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 429
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 431